Thoughts on the new maps in iOS 6

I’m hearing a lot of talk about Apple maps not having transit directions, and that being a huge disadvantage. With the API open to developers, wouldn’t transit directions for most major cities be available at launch or soon after? Am I missing something?

Some are trying to make mountains from molehills because Apple didn’t try to do transit all on its own, instead preferring to showcase third party transit stuff.

Note how Apple approaches certain technologies, like voice and maps. iOS 8-9 could be a lot different than iOS 6. Heck, iOS 6 is gonna be a lot different from the iOS 2-5 paradigm of maps. If transit for some reason becomes a really big deal, Apple will address it.

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Thanks, Steve.

I read somewhere that existing 3rd party iOS transit apps, although not tied in with Maps, provide more accurate info compared to Google’s more integrated solution. Give it a few months and I bet Apple & their developers figure out something that will at least match the Android version.

Ironically the thing that concerns me the most is the inclusion of tomtom as a partner on this project. I just hope to the good lord theyare only using their maps and not their planning algorithms because my standalone GPS from them has repeatedly led me to entirely incorrect destinations. Not only that, but I usually have to force it to give me a route that avoids the parking lot that Chicago freeways become in the afternoon, despite its claim to have analyzed the fastest route based on thousands of roads and traffic calculations. Google maps navigation , in my experience is far superior despite it not being their only focus.